
%postal_hash = (
"AL" => "Alabama", 
"AK" => "Alaska", 
"AS" => "American", 
"AZ" => "Arizona", 
"AR" => "Arkansas", 
"CA" => "California", 
"CO" => "Colorado", 
"CT" => "Connecticut", 
"DE" => "Delaware", 
"DC" => "Dist. of Columbia", 
"FL" => "Florida", 
"GA" => "Georgia", 
"GU" => "Guam", 
"HI" => "Hawaii", 
"ID" => "Idaho", 
"IL" => "Illinois", 
"IN" => "Indiana", 
"IA" => "Iowa", 
"KS" => "Kansas", 
"KY" => "Kentucky", 
"LA" => "Louisiana", 
"ME" => "Maine", 
"MD" => "Maryland", 
"MH" => "Marshall", 
"MA" => "Massachusetts", 
"MI" => "Michigan", 
"MN" => "Minnesota", 
"MS" => "Mississippi", 
"MO" => "Missouri", 
"MT" => "Montana", 
"NE" => "Nebraska", 
"NV" => "Nevada", 
"NH" => "New Hampshire", 
"NJ" => "New Jersey", 
"NM" => "New Mexico", 
"NY" => "New York", 
"NC" => "North Carolina", 
"ND" => "North Dakota", 
"MP" => "Northern Marianas", 
"OH" => "Ohio", 
"OK" => "Oklahoma", 
"OR" => "Oregon", 
"PA" => "Pennsylvania", 
"PR" => "Puerto Rico", 
"RI" => "Rhode Island", 
"SC" => "South Carolina", 
"SD" => "South Dakota", 
"TN" => "Tennessee", 
"TX" => "Texas", 
"UT" => "Utah", 
"VT" => "Vermont", 
"VA" => "Virginia", 
"VI" => "Virgin Islands", 
"WA" => "Washington", 
"WV" => "West Virginia", 
"WI" => "Wisconsin", 
"WY" => "Wyoming", 
);

